In 1650 construction of a church began on a hill near the village; it was completed in 1670. In 1727 the church was struck by lightning and burned down. The last Protestant church was solemnly consecrated on the first Sunday of Christmas in 1740 (according to W. Hubatsch) or in 1754 (according to A. Boetticher). It was built of fieldstones and was very plain in appearance. The tower was tall, of five storeys. The church building had five shallow-arched windows on each side. The sacristy was on the east. The central nave had vaulted ceilings, the side aisles flat ones. The altar plate (font, chalice, paten, spoon, etc.) dated from the 18th century. The altar and pulpit were combined.
An organ by Casparini was installed in 1757 and renewed in 1936. The church had three bells.
When the fighting of the Second World War in East Prussia ended, the church and the village were completely intact. For a long time the church was used for farm purposes. For convenience, square doorways were knocked through on the south and north. The porches on the north and south were demolished. The windows were bricked up, leaving only small niches. The roof was re-covered with asbestos-cement sheets. The tile covering and the rafters of the tower were falling apart. The small sacristy and the south gate survived. In 1995 the church burned down; only the walls of the church and the tower remained.
Photos: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen, bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de.
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
